Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 312 Warring States Period: Huh? I've become the Crown Prince and Regent?

East Sea, Frostmoon Village.

In the small bedroom of Ban, which Koushin Dojo has kept for many years.

At this moment, a figure was lying on the bed in the room, seemingly still immersed in sleep.

A moment later, Nami, like a little cat thief, stealthily opened the door and tiptoed in. She stood by Bane's bed for a few breaths, and seeing that Bane was neither alert nor aware of her presence, she grabbed the blanket and abruptly pulled it back, saying, "Get up! Everyone's waiting for you to eat, King Cantileverys!"

Startled by the noise, Bane groggily opened his eyes, grabbing the blanket that nearly fell to the floor, and said, "I told you, don't call me Cantis."

"Yes, King Cantertis," Nami replied mischievously.

"Am I the only one who gets up the latest?" Bane was too lazy to argue with Nami about such trivial matters. He stretched and sat up to ask.

"Yes, everyone's already up and waiting for you." Nami said as she helped Bane take down the clothes hanging on the wall, and then went to the bathroom to squeeze toothpaste onto Bane's toothbrush.

Soon, Bane, who had gotten up and tidied himself up, left the house with Nami.

After passing through the corridor of the dojo, they soon arrived at the dining hall. This dining hall was originally where the disciples studying here ate, but these past few days, Master Koushirou had given them all a holiday, and none of them were at the dojo.

When Bane arrived, he saw Issho, Waver, Nico Robin, Fubuki, and Ain sitting in a row, with Koushirou and his wife, Zephyr-sensei, Garp, and Dr. Genus sitting opposite them.

Breakfast was quite plentiful, with a table full of food. It wasn't anything particularly expensive or rare, but it was familiar to Bane, as he had eaten these meals here every day during that period.

"Bane, come and sit down." Koushirou waved to Bane with a smile.

"As expected of the King of the World, Cantes, even when he sleeps, he sleeps longer than any of us," Waver chuckled, teasingly.

"Yes, everyone knows Cantertis's reputation, and only Nami dares to wake him up," Robin said with a smile, holding a glass of milk.

"Long live Cantes!" Karp, who had no regard for age, laughed and raised his teacup as if to toast.

The others, seeing Bane's awkward expression, also started to laugh.

"Just like that, they suddenly have a title," Bane muttered, then asked, "What about Zoro?"

As he spoke, he looked out the window and saw a light drizzle falling outside. A look of realization dawned on his face as he said, "I see."

Whenever it rains in Shimotsuki Village, Zoro visits Kuina's grave.

"Kuina hasn't seen him in so long, she must miss Zoro a lot, right?" Koushirou said with a smile, without any sadness in his tone.

After sitting down, Bane didn't stand on ceremony. He casually picked up a flatbread from the table and started eating it with his rice porridge. As he ate, he joked, "It's just a pity that he failed to challenge Mihawk and couldn't return as the world's greatest swordsman."

"He's only twenty-two years old this year, still very young, and he has a long road ahead of him," Koushirou said softly, placing a piece of meat on Ban's plate.

"Yes, he's still young, unlike me, who was forced to become the king of the world at the age of twenty-three," Bane said with a "sigh."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone else burst into laughter.

The breakfast was enjoyed in a harmonious and happy atmosphere. When they were almost finished eating, Zoro returned in the rain, put away his umbrella, and without any formalities, sat down and began to devour the food as if he were at home.

But thinking about it carefully, this was originally his home.

After breakfast, everyone sat on the sofas and chairs and chatted leisurely.

Bane moved a small stool, sat under the eaves by the door, lit a cigarette, and watched the rain outside, which seemed to be gradually stopping, feeling quite content.

Just then, Ain walked up behind him with a stack of documents in his hand and said, "Young Master, these are the documents that came from Mary Geoise this morning. Mr. Dragon and Mr. Sengoku have proposed to launch a plan to rebuild the West Sky Peak route. Relying on Dr. Vegapunk's island cloud and sea cloud manufacturing technology, they plan to start from Mary Geoise and completely repair the route to the Sky Island, creating a stable and safe new route."

It is clear that Dragon has begun to exert its efforts. Regarding the issue of dealing with the subsequent rise in sea level, the world government leadership, headed by Sengoku, has now determined four plans.

The first approach is to continue the consistent strategy of the World Government, to reuse the "bridges" built in various places, such as the Takira Wolf in the East Blue, and at the same time open up the Red Line, allowing it to be developed into residential areas and resource supply chains, in order to maximize the population capacity while achieving self-sufficiency.

The second is still the Sky Tree Project of the Mervue Naval Headquarters. It still uses Mervue as the "trunk" and continues to expand by taking off from island clouds, sea clouds, and isolated islands to create a large-scale Sky Tree.

This was built with funding from the world's governments, and with no external threats, its growth rate should accelerate significantly.

The third is a path that Dragon envisioned when he was still in the Revolutionary Army: to immigrate to the Sky Islands by rebuilding the West Summit air route that leads directly to the Sky Islands.

The fourth is Dr. Vegapunk's new project in Melvure, called the "Cantilever Ark Project." It uses the giant ship on Fishman Island as a model to create multiple integrated ecological arks similar to the former Eghardt, as a last resort for refuge.

Of course, this is the arrangement and thinking currently known to some high-ranking members of the world's governments.

But in reality, very few people also know about another top-secret plan, namely the "Dark Portal Plan" proposed by Bane.

The previous four plans could only be considered as 'survival guarantees'. If the goal was to preserve the population as much as possible, it would inevitably bring enormous pressure on resource consumption. These plans, including the Sky Tree and Sky Island development, all had a very limited condition: limited resources. Being able to 'self-sufficiently' support a certain number of people would already be considered quite successful.

Self-sufficiency has always been the bare minimum. Beyond that, any civilization or the world that wants to continue to progress will inevitably require a significant amount of resources.

However, the ocean will swallow up all the islands that are not "high" enough on the surface of the sea, which means that the vast majority of resources will be swallowed up by the ocean.

If we don't find a way to solve this problem, sooner or later the conflict between population and resources will lead to huge disasters.

From this perspective, the plan to open the "Dark Gate" for traversing to another world is essential.

This is also the only way to truly solve this disaster at its root.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

The core issue of this plan is how to build the interdimensional portal. We can't just let Bane operate the "human transport" alone, can we? He doesn't have that kind of strength.

The people gathered in Frostmoon Village now are the first group to follow Bane out of this sea and head to another world to find a way to build a portal.

Listening to Ain's report, Bane got a headache and quickly waved his hand, saying, "Stop reading, stop reading, you'll get a headache if you keep reading. Didn't I say before I left Melvure that I didn't need to report these things to me? I have no interest in them at all. The Chief Executive, Mr. Sengoku, can make all the important matters of the World Government on my behalf."

Seeing Bane pretending to be in pain while clutching his head, Ain smiled helplessly, then put away the document and said, "Alright, I will relay your message to the World Government again."

However, after saying that, Ain shook the Den Den Mushi in her hand and said, "Putting aside the affairs of the World Government, there are still many people in Melvyu complaining. People like Lieutenant General Dol, after learning about the Dark Portal project, all hope to travel through the world with you. In their words, it's to protect the royal family."

"I appreciate your kindness." Bane smirked, then said, "Tell them they won't be shortchanged, but the seas aren't truly stable yet, and the navy still needs to be strongly guarded. Take the East Blue, where we are now, for example, where war is still raging. We want those bastard nobles who once served the Celestial Dragons dead, so of course they'll fight to the death. And the West Blue too. In short, that's the situation right now. The navy's strength needs to stabilize the situation; we can't let them all run off with me. Next time, after we bring back good news, they'll definitely have to go out and fight for their lives."

Following the Battle of Mary Geoise, the Melvure Navy immediately implemented a series of personnel changes, such as Zeffa becoming Commander-in-Chief, Bane becoming a Field Marshal, and Sakazuki becoming an Admiral.

But before things could settle down, the Navy made another change at the top level because Bane and others were going to find a way to build the portal.

Admiral Melviu Issho steps down, retaining the rank of admiral but no longer serving as one. Borsalino, a former "admiral candidate," fills the vacancy.

That's it, the navy has really gone back to the old version.

Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino have once again become the three generals!

Although Bane did not resign as Fleet Admiral, he delegated the duties of the Fleet Admiral to Sengoku, the Chief Executive of Mary Geoise, who then exercised the powers of the Fleet Admiral on his behalf.

When Bann made this decision, he did not consult with Sengoku at all.

When Sengoku learned of this in Mary Geoise, he was so angry that he cursed and even considered quitting. He was eighty years old and had already retired. He had just enjoyed a few days of happy life when he was appointed as the chief executive of the World Government in a time of crisis.

That's fine, he still felt a sense of novelty and anticipation for things he had never done before. Then he met Dragon, the king of tedious tasks, who seemed to have endless work piling up on his desk every day. Among them, Dragon's proposals alone accounted for at least 40%.

Just when I finally got used to the intensity of Dragon, I turned around and found that the damn Admiral Bane was going to run away, and now the Chief of Staff, who has nothing to do with the Navy, was going to exercise the powers of the Admiral on my behalf.

If you act on behalf of someone else, wouldn't that just be taking the blame for Bane and working for him?

I haven't seen an increase in salary, but my workload has skyrocketed?

I'm eighty years old, okay? Do you really need to push me this hard?

Bane's reasoning was also "convincing": Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Borsalino, the three generals, had served under you, the old marshal, for decades and were very used to this situation, so you would definitely be able to use them with ease.

In particular, although the navy is currently carrying out a series of military operations, the strength at the top level is not high. The three admirals can basically handle most situations and have enough authority to handle more than 90% of the navy's affairs. Therefore, there are not many things that Sengoku really needs to consider.

Ultimately, Bane had no choice but to enforce the order in the name of "World Government - Cantilevers" before Sengoku "submitted" and took over the role of marshal.

Suddenly, the navy seemed to have truly returned to the time before the Battle of Marineford in 1520.

The next three years were like a vicious cycle.

The only change was that Sengoku became the highest-ranking official in the Mary Geoise world. If it weren't for his age being too unsuitable for the actual situation, he would have been like the crown prince of Bane, ruling Mary Geoise as regent.

(End of this chapter)